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In this exciting and challenging work, Norman Long brings together years of work and thought in development studies to provide a key text for guiding future development research and practice.
Using case studies and empirical material from Africa and Latin America, Development Sociology focuses on the theoretical and methodological foundations of an actor-oriented and social constructionist... Read more
List of illustrations, Preface and acknowledgements, Introduction, PART I Theoretical and methodological issues, PART II Commoditisation, social values and small-scale enterprise, PART III Knowledge interfaces, power and globalization, Appendix: Cornerstones of an actor-oriented approach, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Norman Long works in the Rural Development Sociology Group at Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands. He is the author of An Introduction to the Sociology of Rural Development (Routledge, 1977) and co-editor of Anthropology, Development & Modernities (Routledge, 1999).
"Provides the theoretical & methodological foundations for development research & practice from an actor-oriented perspective." - Sociological Abstracts
